Family lore says Simon went off to the Mexican War and was never heard from again. National Archives has no record of him serving.
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Simon Nichols
Birth: Aug. 22, 1815
Tennessee, USA
Death: unknown
Family lore says that Simon "went to Mexican War and was never heard from again." I checked National Archives military records on a Simon Nichols serving in that war, but found nothing.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Simon by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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